Category: Eye Candy for Today
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Eye Candy for Today: Luis Meléndez Still Life with Figs and Bread
Still Life with Figs and Bread, Luis Meléndez The link is to a zoomable version on the Google Art Project; there is a downloadable high resolution file on Wikimedia Commons; the original is in the National Gallery of Art, DC. (The latter also offers a downloadable high resolution file, but I couldn’t access it this…
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Eye Candy for Today: Raphaelle Peale’s Still Life with Cake
Still Life with Cake, Raphaelle Peale In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use zoom or download links under image. Texture. Yummy, yummy texture!
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Eye Candy for Today: Arthur Streeton’s Cremorne pastoral
Cremorne pastoral, Arthur Streeton Link is to zoomable image on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Another beautifully painterly and economical landscape by brilliant Australian painter Arthur Streeton.
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Eye Candy for Today: Childe Hassam gouache study
Columbian Exposition, Chicago; Childe Hassam Gouache on tan paper, 10 5/8 x 14 in. (27.0 x 35.6 cm). Image on Wikimedia Commons, original is in the collection of the Terra Foundation for American Art. Almost monochromatic — though the tan paper and the use of blue give it a sensation of subtle color —this study…
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Eye Candy for Today: Adolph Menzel graphite drawing
Carl John Arnold, Adolph Menzel In the Morgan Library and Museum, use Zoom tab or download link. Menzel gives us a superbly adept rendering in pencil. The drawing feels at once finished and casual. Either the subject had a large head, or Menzel — after focusing on the portrait — compressed the figure somewhat to…
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Eye Candy for Today: Eakins’ Concert Singer
The Concert Singer, Thomas Eakins Link is to zoomable version on Google art Project; downloadble file in Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. There is an article on the painting on Wikipedia. This striking portrait by Thomas Eakins is here in Philadelphia, where I’ve had the pleasure of studying it many…